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the salary numbers mean nothing. the NBA pays alot more then that, that doesn't mean there are alot of new job openings for people in the NBA, but for those that are, the salary numbers are great.

the stats on what is happening to enrollment are undeniable - parents are piling their kids into law schools.

the salary numbers mean nothing. the NBA pays alot more then that, that doesn't mean there are alot of new job openings for people in the NBA, but for those that are, the salary numbers are great.

I gave you both salary numbers and the number of people employed. Sorry, please try again.

the stats on what is happening to enrollment are undeniable - parents are piling their kids into law schools.

The stats on the number of engineers employed and the salary that they make is undeniable.

< ....parents are piling their kids into law schools >

This has definitely been the trend over the past three
to five years. The American workforce of the future is choosing careers with built-in trade barriers, in spite of what the free trade zealots try to push. Its about the only high paying career field that can't be easily outsourced (and yes, I know about efforts to do this...they're not going to be successful).

Unfortunately, I don't think our legal services industry (or should I say disservice industry?) will help the balance of trade problem very much.

There seems to be a fundamental values issue at work here that I don't think the U.S. is going to overcome (or at least before it's too late). Its interesting to note that every one of the nine members of the Chinese Politburo Standing Committee is an Engineer, including Hu Jintao, the president of the PRC. In the U.S., our elected leadership (and I use that term loosely) is predominately made up of attorneys.

I could be wrong, but I think the current prime minister
of India is either a physicist or an engineer.